Review article
THE IMPORTANCE AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA IN TERMS OF ESTABLISHING MEASURES FOR THE PREVENTION AND REDUCTION OF FOOD WASTE
Sanja Kalambura
; Veleučilište Velika Gorica, Velika Gorica, Hrvatska
Srđan Černi
; Ekologija Černi d.o.o., Zagreb, Hrvatska
Nives Jovičić
; Veleučilište Velika Gorica, Velika Gorica, Hrvatska
Abstract
Bio waste is defined as biodegradable waste from gardens and parks, food and kitchen waste from households, restaurants, catering and retail facilities including similar waste from the manufacture of food products according to EU Directives and Croatian legislation. Although the term of bio waste is mixed with the term of biodegradable waste, they are significantly different. The biodegradable waste covers a wider area and includes other various types of waste such as waste from forestry, manure, paper, cardboard, textiles and etc. The Law on Sustainable Waste Management (OG 94/13) prescribes restrictions on disposal of biodegradable municipal waste to landfill, including food waste. By the Ordinance on the methods and conditions of waste disposal, categories and operational requirements for waste landfills (OG 117/07, 111/11, 17/13) it is forbidden to accept the waste at the landfill if biodegradable component weight exceeds 35% of the total weight. Ordinance on by-products and the withdrawing the status of waste (OG 117/14) defines obligations on separate bio waste collection with the aim of composting, anaerobic digestion and energy recovery, providing opportunities of managing this special waste category according to most modern technology and latest EU acquis. Reduction of waste food generation has a significant place in the programs of the European institutions. According to the Roadmap for a resource-efficient Europe by 2020 food waste disposal should be reduced by half at the EU level. The paper analyzes the preparedness and the results that Croatia has made or must achieve in the next period, and it also gives an overview of the possibilities of food waste treatment.
Keywords
food waste; biowaste; legislation; treatment
Hrčak ID:
139696
URI
Publication date:
15.6.2015.
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